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claudiob http://ministryoftype.co.uk/words/article/guilloches/ Jul 3, 2009
treeseed Guilloché is an engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive patterns or design is mechanically etched into an underlying material with very fine detail. Specifically, it involves a technique of engine turning, called guilloché in French after the French engineer “Guillot�?, who invented a machine “that could scratch fine patterns and designs on metallic surfaces�?.
In modern English, the word guilloche (pronounced ) is used to describe a narrow instance of guilloché : a design, frequently architectural, using two curved bands that interlace in a pattern around a central space. Some dictionaries give only this definition of guilloche, although others include the broader meaning associated with guilloché as a second meaning. Note that, in the original sense, even a straight line can be guilloché, and persons using the French spelling and pronunciation generally intend the broader, original meaning.
_Wikipedia Feb 23, 2008